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C41 Philidor Defense #2
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Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5NY2emUO"] [Date "2022.09.20"] [Round "-"] [White "moisevlad"] [Black "lion26"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.09.20"] [UTCTime "12:48:19"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1616"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bc4 Bd7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Be6 Bxe6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O h6 14. Qh5 c5 15. Qg6 Nc6 16. Ne2 Nd4 17. Nf4 e5 18. Nh5 Nxc2 19. Nxg7 Nxa1 20. Ne6+ Kh8 21. Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. Rxa1 Be7 23. Rd1 b5 24. Qf7 b4 25. Qxe7 c4 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxd6 c3 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Qe7 cxb2 30. Qxb4 b1=Q+ 31. Qxb1 a5 32. Qb7 Rf8 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. e5 Rb8 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. e6 Rb8 37. e7 Re8 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7 Rg8 41. e8=Q+ Kh8 42. Qdf7 Rxe8 43. Qxe8+ Kg7 44. Qe6 a4 45. f4 h5 46. f5 Kf8 47. f6 h4 48. f7 Kg7 49. Qe7 h3 50. f8=Q+ Kg6 51. Qe5 Kh7 52. Qff6 Kg8 53. Qee7 a3 54. Qff8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0